Unemployed people in search of a job: Reconsidering the role of search behavior

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 415-428

  Šverko, Branimir ^a   Galić, Zvonimir ^a   Seršić, Darja Maslić ^a   Galešić, Mirta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Croatia; Employment; Job search; Job search antecedents; Multi wave survey; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449135337     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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